Breaking My Silence: Sexual Chemistry
The world is too much with us. (How has Wordsworth gotten into this blog now?)
I've been away for too long, but I've been reading the most amazing book,
The Power of the Actor by
Ivana Chubbuck.
How do you die on stage? How do you become an addict on stage? How do you act authentically drunk? How do you create sexual chemistry? Do you want to create sexual chemistry? Ivana Chubbuck has the answers....
I've been experimenting with sexual chemistry.
Ivana says that the first thing that you do is you identify what the "commonality of pain" is with the person you want to have chemistry with. Then you look into that person's eyes. And then you fantasize like crazy about what you and he (or she!) could do sexually together. According to Ivana, the wilder the fantasies are, the better. What kinky things do you only dream about? What would make you feel wonderful? The person you are fantasizing about won't know that you are fantasizing--don't tell him--but will feel an attraction.
I need to go back to my experiments now. I'll report the results over the next few days.
Sexual Chemistry and Technical Writing
I used to teach technical writing.
What's wonderful about
Ivana Chubbuck's technique for creating sexual chemistry on stage is that it really is a series of steps that could be documented as easily as a computer program--or anything else--could be documented.
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How to Create Sexual ChemistryTo create sexual chemistry, follow these five easy steps.
- Choose the person you want to have sexual chemistry with. Make sure that you are prepared to deal with any consequences. Take a playful approach towards this step.
- Find the opportunity to discuss subjects of mutual concern with your target. Through insightful questioning, isolate sources of pain that your target experiences.
- Compare your target's sources of pain with your own and identify at least one source that you have in common.
- Look into your target's eyes while thinking about your mutual source of pain.
- Simultaneously begin fantasizing about all the sexual things that you could be doing with your target.
Your sexual target will remain clueless. He or she will have no idea that you are manipulating the situation to create sexual chemistry. But your partner will feel its effects. Have fun!
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Now these instructions need to be user tested.
Do they need graphics or should they be online?
What about a tutorial?
How can they be adjusted to take good localization and internationalization practices into account?
Could instructions like this be offshored to India? What modifications might we see if they were rewritten in India or developed further over there?
The possibilities are endless.
